It's back to local in Saratoga County

Presidential visit in past, voters go to polls with jobs, budgets as issues

By DENNIS YUSKO Staff writer

Published 1:00 am, Wednesday, October 28, 2009

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Several key elected positions in Saratoga County are on the ballot this fall, weeks after President Obama visited the Capital Region to tout a $4.2 billion computer chip factory being built in Malta and Stillwater.

Control of city councils in Saratoga Springs and Mechanicville is at stake, while incumbent supervisors in Malta, Milton and Clifton Park face opposition.

Budget problems and potential city employee layoffs are issues in Saratoga Springs, which has lost political influence since the resignation of Joseph L. Bruno, the longtime state Senate majority leader.

In Malta, development-related pressures stemming from GlobalFoundries are seeping into the political debate. The town is considering a suburban "downtown." Republican Supervisor Paul Sausville seeks re-election against Richard Morse, a Democrat.